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Harper

Foreign traders given access

The legislature in 1897 approved the establishment of factories by foreign traders doing business in the ports of Robertsport, Monrovia, Marshall, Grand Bassa, Greenville and Harper at the principal coastal trading points, other than ports of entry.

In 1914, the local Apollo Circle No. 1 was incorporated.

Resident Samuel Alexander Colston Howard was restored to citizenship in 1921, suggesting he was previously convicted of a crime.

Footnote: Acts of the Liberian Legislature, 1897, pp. 14-15; Acts of the Liberian Legislature, 1914, p. 7; Acts of the Liberian Legislature, 1921-22, pp. 22-23.